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Patented July 3, 1934 BARREL HEADING Thomas S. Eagen, Cincinnati, Ohio, assigner to The Procter n Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application August 1, waaser'ial No. 633,184

6 Claims.

My invention relates to heading for barrels which are to be used for oily andlardlike products, such as shortening, lard and various oils. Such barrels are ordinarily prepared prior to iilling with the iinished productto be contained therein, by coating them internally with some silicate or other preparation which lls in the cracks between the staves and 5renders the wood impervious to penetration by the `oily material with which the barrel is to be subsequently filled. Thispreparation usually consists in pouring into the headed barrel, through the bung hole, Van adequate quantity of silicate or other coating preparation. The barrel is then 'rotated and'agitated and the excess of coating materialv which does not adhere to the inside walls of the barrel is then allowed to drain out. As soon as the coating dries the barrel is ready for lling.

In the usual operation of removing the head of a barrel, frequently wood chippings and dirt and dust get into the contents of the package and in the case of shortening, the splinters and chips get into the dough batch and so are present in pastry after it is baked.

Furthermore, when the head has once been removed in the usual manner and the hoops loosened, the staves are sometimes damaged and it is exceedingly difficult to replace the head and considerable expense is involved in connection with recoopering the barrels.

Broadly it is the object of my invention to provide improvements in heads for barrels which are made up of composite parts which may be disassembled and removed from the barrelsl without the necessity of loosening the hoops. It is a further object of my invention to provide improvements in barrels in which the heads have segmental side pieces with composite intermediate panels held in position by wedge shaped cleats or other suitable fastening devices which, when removed, will release the intermediate panels so that the segmental side pieces can be readily taken out of the barrels and in which the composite heads may be readily reassembled and the barrel used again.

In silicating or otherwise coating the interior of the barrel the coating material often gets in the cracks of the heads and when this coating material dries it tends to crack 01T and drop down Further the silicating tends to prevent the panels forming the head from readily coming apart. It is an object of my invention to treat the overlapping or jointed parts of the quickly removable head .with a coating rendering it impervious to the silica-ting or other similar treatment and as a preferred `formof coating Ipropose the use of an edible fat, `such for'ekample las that which the barrel is vsubsequentlyto contain. I may, however, use other 'materials which will not taint 60 the flavor or quality of the iinished'p'roduct to be packed vin the barrel.

The above object andother'objects to which reference willbe `made inthe ensuing disclosure I accomplish by that certain combination and 65 arrangementof parts of which I have illustrated a preferred modiiication.

Referring to the drawing:

YFigure 1 isa perspective view of one of my quickly detachable heads.

Figure 2 isa sectional view'of the head shown in Figure 1, taken alongthe-lines 2 2 in Figure 1 with the position of a barrel indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is a sectional View of the head piece shown in Figure 1 taken along the lines 3 3.

Figure 4 is a plan and side elevation of the straps for receiving the wedge cleat for securing the head in position.

The barrel is of usual construction formed of staves 1 secured together with hoops, not indicated, and with the head of the barrel received within a chamfered groove which forms the chime of the barrel.

The head of the barrel is composed of segmental head pieces 2 having the edges tapered as indicated at 3 to be received within the chamfered groove on the inner surface of the staves adjacent their end edges.

I have shown segmental pieces 4, 4a having undercut ledge portions 5, 5a, which provide supporting ledges for retaining the intermediate panel which forms the head.

The intermediate panel is composed of pieces 6, 6a which have undercut ledge portions '7, 7a which rest on the ledges 5, 5a. A tongue 8 supports an undercut ledge 9 of the piece 6a. Strap pieces 10, 10a are secured to the pieces 4, 4a respectively and through these strap pieces is eX- tended the wedge shaped cleat l1 which is wedged 100 in position within the straps after the head is assembled and which may be further held by denting in the metal of the straps as indicated at 12.

The wedge cleat can be driven out from the 1'05 straps by tapping on its smaller end, aiter which pieces 6 and 6a can be loosened by pounding with a hammer on pieces 4 and 4a near the joint between 6 and 6a.

After the removal of the piece 6a, the piece 6 1-10 may be removed and then the two segmental pieces 4, 4a may be taken out and the barrel will then be opened and ready for use.

As has been stated, I find that by coating the ledges and undercut parts, 5, 5a,-7, 7a and 8 and 9 with a coating to make the wood impenetrable to silicate, as for example with an edible fat which soaks into the wood, the silicate or other coating is prevented from penetrating or adhering to the wood at these places.

In removing the head made in accordance with my proposed construction, there is very little likelihood of extraneous chippings contaminating the product within the barrel. `After being removed, the head can be reassembled and put back in the tierce without damage.

What I claim as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination with a barrel, which is to be internally coated so as to contain an oily material, a quickly removable Wooden head composed of segmental side pieces and a composite panel having its edges in abutment with edges of said side pieces, said edges being treated so as to render same impervious to absorption of the internal coating.

2. In combination with a barrel, which is to be internally coated so as to contain an oily material, a removable head composed of segmental side pieces with an intermediate panel having fastening members for retaining said panel in po-V sition relative to said segmental side pieces, said intermediate panel being composed of two separable pieces, and means extending between said segmental side pieces for securing the pieces together in a quickly removable head, said pieces having interengaging ledge and undercut portions treated so as to render same impervious to absorption of the internal coating.

3. In a barrel, which is to be internally coated so as to contain and retain an oily material, a quickly removable head composed of demountable pieces having interengaging, overlapping undercut and ledge portions treated so as to render same impervious to absorption of the internal coating.

4. In a barrel which is to be internally coated with a silicate composition so as'to contain and retain an oily material, a quickly removable head composed of demountable pieces having interengaging, overlapping undercut and ledge portions treated with an edible fat so as to render same impervious to absorption of the internal coating.

5. In a barrel which is to be internally coated so as to contain and retain an oily material, a

removable head composed of side members and a composite intermediate member composed of two pieces joined end to end, and means engaging in the side members and having parts overlapping the two pieces exclusively outside the head, the joint and said overlapping parts being treated so as to render same impervious to absorption of the internal coating.

6. In a barrelhaving an internal coating effective to retain roily contents of the barrel within the barrel, a quickly removable head composed of demountable pieces, having interengaging, overlapping, undercut and ledge portions provided with a surface impregnation of a material effective to render said portions impervious to absorption of the internal coating.

THOMAS S. EAGEN. 

